Power tools for mechanical design.

AutoCAD
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Mechanical
The AutoCAD Mechanical Advantage

To compete and win in today’s design marketplace, engineers

need to create and revise mechanical drawings faster than
ever before. AutoCAD Mechanical is AutoCAD software for
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manufacturing, offering significant productivity gains over basic

AutoCAD by simplifying complex mechanical design work.

Facing these issues? The Standard in 2d Mechanical Design

• Productivity is limited by software that
is not built specifically for mechanical
design.
• Frequent design changes are creating
hours of manual rework.
• Design errors and incorrect bills of
materials (BOMs) and parts lists are
keeping products from shipping on time.
• Updating existing drawings is costing your
company valuable time.
• Inconsistent use of drafting standards is
slowing down shop-floor production.
With comprehensive libraries of standards-based
parts, and tools for automating common design
tasks, AutoCAD Mechanical software accelerates the
mechanical design process. AutoCAD Mechanical
provides innovative design and drafting tools that
are wholly focused on ease of use for the AutoCAD
user. Keeping the AutoCAD user experience intact
enables designers to maintain their existing work-
flows while adopting the enhanced functionality of
AutoCAD Mechanical at their own pace. Designers
gain a competitive edge by saving countless hours of
design and rework, so they can spend time innovat-
ing rather than managing workflow issues.
Maximize Your Productivity
Creating mechanical designs often requires spend-
ing valuable time on manual workarounds to get the
job done. Since AutoCAD Mechanical provides a
simplified drafting environment for manufacturing
and automates many manual tasks, it improves the
design experience and offers immediate efficiency
gains. AutoCAD Mechanical delivers high-impact
productivity tools to AutoCAD users who are
performing updates and iterative design changes,
reducing the amount of rework associated with
these tasks. In addition, powerful dimensioning
tools make adding, deleting, and editing dimen-
sions fast and easy. Built to save you time, AutoCAD
Mechanical has a specific tool for almost every
aspect of the mechanical drafting process.

• Inability to find and reuse designs is

forcing your teams to create too many
drawings from scratch.

Discover why so many designers

and drafters are switching to
AutoCAD Mechanical.
Reduce Errors and Inconsistencies
When creating mechanical drawings, designers
can sometimes inadvertently introduce errors
and design inconsistencies, wasting time and
money. AutoCAD Mechanical includes libraries of
more than 700,000 standard parts and supports
international drafting standards, enabling users to
consistently meet design requirements in the global
marketplace. AutoCAD Mechanical also enables
detailers to document native Autodesk® Inventor™
models in the familiar AutoCAD drafting environ-
ment. This associative workflow automatically
synchronizes drawings with the 3d model, which
reduces errors and inconsistencies and saves hours
of rework. Clear and consistent communication in
the design and documentation process helps team
members avoid delays and errors on the shop floor,
so your company can stay ahead of the competition.
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Parker Hannifin Corporation
Manage Design Data More Effectively
Once a design is complete, it is important to share
Top 10 Reasons to
accurate design and part information with the teams Move from AutoCAD to
responsible for ordering and manufacturing the
product. Using software that is not purpose-built for
AutoCAD Mechanical
these tasks often means creating crucial parts lists 2009
and BOMs by hand. With manual methods, even the
smallest design change can introduce errors, result- 1. 700,000 Standard Parts
ing in delivery delays to the customer. and Features
2. Extended Draw Toolbar
To help your company prevent errors and costly de-
for Manufacturing
lays, AutoCAD Mechanical is tightly integrated with
Autodesk Data Management applications, enabling 3. Powerful and Smart
the efficient and secure exchange of design data and Dimensions
promoting earlier collaboration between design and
manufacturing workgroups. Different workgroups
4. Reusable Detailing Tools
can manage and track all components of a digital 5. Support for International
prototype with free* Autodesk® Design Review Drafting Standards
software—the all-digital way to review, measure,
mark up, and track changes to designs—allowing 6. Associative Balloons and
for better reuse of crucial design data, management BOMs
of BOMs, and collaboration with other teams and 7. Layer Management
partners.
8. Hidden Lines
Now Is the Time
Want to get unparalleled productivity from your 2d
9. Machinery Generators and
mechanical design process? Now is the time to make
Calculators
the move to AutoCAD Mechanical. 10. Data Exchange Between
CAD Systems
Visit www.autodesk.com/
autocadmechanical-productivity
for more details.
Digital Prototyping for the Manufacturing Market

Autodesk is a world-leading supplier of engineering software,

providing companies with tools to help them experience their
ideas before they are real. By putting powerful Digital Prototyping
technology within the reach of mainstream manufacturers,
Autodesk is changing the way manufacturers think about their
design processes and is helping them create more productive
workflows. The Autodesk approach to Digital Prototyping is
unique in that it is scalable, attainable, and cost-effective, which
allows a broader group of manufacturers to realize the benefits
with minimal disruption to existing workflows, and provides the
most straightforward path to creating and maintaining a single
digital model in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Learn More or Purchase

Access specialists worldwide who can provide product expertise, a deep
understanding of your industry, and value that extends beyond your software
purchase. To purchase AutoCAD Mechanical, contact an Autodesk Premier
Solutions Provider or Autodesk Authorized Reseller. To locate the reseller
nearest you, visit www.autodesk.com/reseller.

Create and revise mechanical designs faster than ever with AutoCAD Mechanical.
For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/autocadmechanical.

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